Ashigara Station (Shizuoka)

Ashigara Station
足柄駅

Exterior of Ashigara Station
Location Takenoshita, Oyama, Suntō, Shizuoka
(静岡県駿東郡小山町竹之下)
Japan
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Gotemba Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1947
Traffic
Passengers (FY2000) 614 daily

Ashigara Station (足柄駅 Ashgara-eki) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line located in the eastern part of Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. It is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Station layout

The station is unstaffed and has one island platform and a station building to the west of the tracks.

Platforms

The platform and a 115 series train on the right
1  Gotemba Line for Gotemba, Susono, and Numazu
2  Gotemba Line for Yamakita, Matsuda, and Kōzu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Gotemba Line
Suruga-Oyama Local Gotemba

History

Ashigara Station opened on September 15, 1947.

Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued on February 1, 1971. Operational control of the station was transferred to JR Central following privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  • Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. ISBN 4533029809.  (Japanese)

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